Border Patrol Inspector George E. Pringle

George E. Pringle

Border Patrol Inspector George Pringle was killed in an automobile crash while investigating a vehicle suspected of containing illegal aliens.

He was speaking with a special agent from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California near Parker Dam, California, when they observed a vehicle known to be connected with illegal activity in the area. As Inspector Pringle went to investigate a tire on his patrol car blew out along Park Road, two miles south of Park Dam, causing him to lose control. He was taken to a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, where he succumbed to his injuries three days later.

Inspector Pringle was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI and had served with the United States Border Patrol for four years. He was survived by his mother, brother, and sister.